Betty Budde, 89, of Concord, Calif., left, and Alyce Stevenson Rohrer, 86, of Pasadena, Calif., reminisce at the Bird Aviation Museum in Sagle on Thursday. They were members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and will be honored Saturday at the museum. Becky Kramer SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• Teen dubbed ‘Barefoot Bandit’ soon headed to Washington/Associated Press
• Rep. Phil Hart’s tax troubles worse than previously disclosed/Betsy Russell, SR
• Deer Lake tax protester who ‘may go Ruby Ridge’ jailed/Thomas Clouse, SR
• Butte bans slaughterhouses, sets up possible court test/Nick Gevock, Standard
  
• Long Lake fish deaths appear to be natural/Spokesman-Review
• Researcher uses new, old methods to ID Priest Lake bodies/Asia Hege, SR
• Idaho schools to fave $50 or so gap/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman
• Grizzly euthanized after eating chickens near Great Falls/Associated Press
• Billings woman pleads guilty to baseball bat attack on another woman/AP
• Orbusmax Special: Attorney: ‘Barefoot Bandit’ can legally profit from movie deals, etc., here
  

Brian Golisspins the south-facing clock face after a crew removed it from the Bryan Hall Clock Tower on the Washington State University campus Wednesday in Pullman. According to Doug Lopes, WSU public works construction manager, this is the first major renovation ofthe four clocks in the campus landmark since the early 1970s. Each clock face is 10 feet 4 inches in diameter and weighs roughly 700 pounds.

• Cartoon: A sign of the times/David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Spokane cemetery worker dies when mower lands on top of him/SR
• Bear kills hiker near Yellowstone’s east gate/Ruffin Prevost, Billings Gazette
• Jerome man caught stealing courthouse ice cream/Nate Poppino, Times-News
• Montana GOP votes to ditch presidential caucuses/Mike Dennison, Missoulian
• Bartender gets 30 days for serving drinks that led to trooper’s death/Michael Jamison, Missoulian
• Woman suspected of putting mayo in book drop faces more charges/KTVB
• Spokane fair makes changes after Phillip Paul debacle/KREM
• Idaho Labor Department begins green job poll/Rocky Barker, Statesman
• Examiner recommends revocation of Nampa charter/Idaho Press-Tribune
• Moscow legislator wants to legalize medical marijuana/Ben Botkin, Times-News
• Montanan sentenced to 30 days for shooting dad’s horse/Association Press
• Orbusmax Special: Is barefoot bandit headed for Idaho? here

Bette Largent touches up the Looff Carrousel’s horse saddles with brown paint last week. Largent, a professional carousel horse restoration artist, takes care for the historic Looff Carrousel, which is celebrating is 100th birthday this year. Read Cindy Hval’s SR story re: the restoration of the Looff Carrousel here. Colin Mulvany/SR.

• Cartoon: Here they come again/David Horsey, Seattle P
• IWSU QB arrested on alcohol charge/KXLY
• Spokane Mayor Verner raps about Lilac City/Huckleberries Online
• WSU frat says goodbye to baby alligator/AP
• Richert: Stimulus money must be discussed in open/Idaho Statesman
• Ex-Gov. Batt lauds Demo Minnick for stimulus opposition/Eye On Boise
• Orbusmax Special: Oregon to consider driver ban on hand-held cell phones here.

Question: When did you last ride on a carrousel?

These buildings on Shem Johnson’s property are said to be school buildings for FLDS children. Johnson, a 40-year-old Bonners Ferry businessman who reportedly has four wives, is described in a church publication as the FLDS bishop “south of the 49th parallel.” The polygamist group in Boundary County is said to be growing. SR story by Bill Morlin here. (Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review)

• Cartoon: Steam-rolled/David Horsey, Seattle PI
• Man sues Gonzaga over date-rape allegations/KREM2
• Idaho Post-Register to stop publishing on Mondays/AP
• Crow tribal chairman found dead at relative’s home/Billings Gazette
• Libby seeks new identity in face of asbestos superfund designation/Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Portland mayor’s boyfriend on leave from Oregonian here.

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